Alpha? Beta? ARC? When I first started writing these terms were a little confusing. I knew they were types of book readers but I wasn’t sure how they worked.
Questions to ask before you join an anthology
How do you know when an anthology is right for you? What anthology questions should you ask before you submit your work? Here’s a good place to start!
The age of your ideal reader matters. Here’s why.
We recently talked about genres vs. tropes, and how understanding them is crucial to marketing your novel and finding your target audience. We also talked about the fact that each genre contains a wealth of subgenres, which help you narrow down your readership and marketing strategy even better. However, there’s one more thing you have…
Do you know what a real job is? Good, maybe you can help.
A real job. As a creative, these words have taunted me for decades. My main goal in life used to be to finally, one day, land a real job. A lot has changed.
New Book Release Roundup (Part 2) by Moms Who Write
In our last blog, we highlighted all the April book releases from Moms Who Write– or so we thought. Turns out, there were a lot more than we thought!
New Book Release Roundup by Moms Who Write
As a new series, we are going to start rounding up all the new releases announced each month on our Instagram page. Enjoy these April books by Moms Who Write!
How to celebrate Short Story Month by sharing your work
Short Story Month centers around the art of compact storytelling. These little nuggets don’t need hundreds of thousands of words to pack a punch. Let’s explore.
Submissions for The History of Us are Now OPEN!
Because we had so much fun making our debut anthology, The Order of Us, we decided to follow up with another Moms Who Write anthology. Our next installation is entitled The History of Us: Stories of the Women Who Made Us, and submissions are OPEN! What We’re Looking For We want to hear stories of…
The Magical Spoken Word Poets of Moms Who Write
There is something magical about being able to read your poem to the world the way it appears in your mind. Check out some of our favorite spoken word poets!
The benefits of anthologies and why we love them
Our debut anthology dropped last week and the hype is out of this world. But are there really benefits of anthologies for authors? Absolutely there are.